On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 19:00:51 -0700, Lorenzo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Would it be a Paloelithically Correct ,   although a
>brutally crude  assumption,   to  possibly    think that
>India is a dying culture due to bad food chyoice.  And  now
> due to a fortunate choice of learning English,    the
>brilliant young  survivors of Indian Culture can migrate to
>the US   and obtain a  fascinating computer job.
>

Why do you look at India as dying?
India managed to sustain a billion of people today and survived through many
thousand years (7000-9000?) successfully nearly unchanged in food choice.
In a constant and comparably small space.
With millions of hunter/gatherer people surviving.
India will survive best if *doesn't* change.

While the US culture only has some 200 years and caused a far-reaching
change in a sparsly populated landscape (e.g. buffalos gone).
If you count Europe as the main cultural source of the US, you come closer
to the indian years - and to indian influences from that time.

Regards, Amadeus
(who will be sitting on a beach in India soon)